-bash: rt: command not found

**bardamu** · February 25th, 2009, 06:13 PM

I'm an amateur Unix user who never should have been messing around with Terminal, Directory Utility, etc. I enabled the root user through Directory Utility and then disenabled it. I then flushed cache via..

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

I thought this all would be harmless, but now I am getting this mail in Terminal...

-bash: rt: command not found

How can I fix this?

**ElDiabloConCaca** · February 26th, 2009, 10:04 AM

What is "rt" and why are you trying to execute it?

Do you get this message when trying to do something in the Terminal, or does this message happen spontaneously?

**bardamu** · February 26th, 2009, 05:08 PM

I don't know what rt is, and yes I get it as mail in Terminal. Note that I also installed MacPorts and unsuccesfully tried to install Apache 2 on my MacBook Pro yesterday too.

My best guess is that I'm logged in or out of an account that I shouldn't be in.

**ElDiabloConCaca** · February 26th, 2009, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by bardamu

I don't know what rt is, and yes I get it as mail in Terminal.

What is "mail" in the Terminal?

Note that I also installed MacPorts and unsuccesfully tried to install Apache 2 on my MacBook Pro yesterday too.

Why? Apache 2 is included with Mac OS X... [confused]

**bardamu** · February 26th, 2009, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by ElDiabloConCaca

What is "mail" in the Terminal?

This is precisely the message I get in Terminal...

Last login: Thu Feb 26 20:03:39 on ttys000
You have mail.
-bash: rt: command not found

Originally Posted by ElDiabloConCaca

Why? Apache 2 is included with Mac OS X... [confused]

Not totally sure. I did it with a friend. Maybe it required an upgrade?

**ElDiabloConCaca** · February 26th, 2009, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by bardamu

This is precisely the message I get in Terminal...

Last login: Thu Feb 26 20:03:39 on ttys000
You have mail.
-bash: rt: command not found

Do you get this when you launch Terminal for the first time?

What are the contents of your .bashrc and .bash_profile files, located in your home directory?

Not totally sure. I did it with a friend. Maybe it required an upgrade?

MacPorts wouldn't upgrade the existing Apache 2, it would install another version alongside it in a different directory.

**bardamu** · February 26th, 2009, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by ElDiabloConCaca

Do you get this when you launch Terminal for the first time?

I get it every time I launch Terminal now. I didn't used to get it.

Originally Posted by ElDiabloConCaca

What are the contents of your .bashrc and .bash_profile files, located in your home directory?

By home directory, do you mean Macintosh HD > etc ? If so, my .bashrc file reads...

Code:

# System-wide .bashrc file for interactive bash(1) shells.
if [ -z "$PS1" ]; then
   return
fi

PS1='\h:\W \u\$ '
# Make bash check its window size after a process completes
shopt -s checkwinsize

My .profile reads...

Code:

# System-wide .profile for sh(1)

if [ -x /usr/libexec/path_helper ]; then
	eval `/usr/libexec/path_helper -s`
fi

if [ "${BASH-no}" != "no" ]; then
	[ -r /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc
fi

There is no .bash_profile...